The Wages Question (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Treatise on Wages and the Wages Class

When this 1876 volume was published, the notion that employers owed obligations to their workers was considered a radical idea. Walker, one of the most prominent economists of his time, advocates here for profit sharing, improved access to trade and industrial schools, and other reforms. His theories on wages, wealth distribution, money, and social economics

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When this 1876 volume was published, the notion that employers owed obligations to their workers was considered a radical idea. Walker, one of the most prominent economists of his time, advocates here for profit sharing, improved access to trade and industrial schools, and other reforms. His theories on wages, wealth distribution, money, and social economics revolutionized the field of economics.

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Meet the Author

Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897) fought in the Civil War as a Massachusetts volunteer. He was promoted to brigadier general after his release from a Confederate prison. An economist, statistician, journalist, educator, he was superintendent of the U.S. Census and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.